Register of Licensed Sponsors 2026
The Register of Licensed Sponsors is the UK Home Office's official list of companies that can sponsor a visa in the UK. These are the employers approved to sponsor overseas workers on Skilled Worker and other UK work visas. Search the full list below, or filter by industry, visa route, or recent hiring activity. Just checking one employer? Use the sponsor licence checker instead.
Last synced 17 July 2026 · Source: gov.uk
Companies (Licensed Sponsors)
Results are prioritized by recent visa sponsorship activity and active job postings, helping you focus on employers most likely to sponsor.
Airedale Group is the UK’s leading specialist in commercial kitchen design, build, installation, service and maintenance. We help foodservice operators create better-performing commercial kitchens, from initial concept and project delivery through to ongoing maintenance, compliance, optimisation and operational support. Our capability spans kitchen design, equipment supply, fabrication, ventilation, refrigeration, building services, service and maintenance, all backed by national scale, specia
Novotech is a globally recognized full-service clinical research organization (CRO) and scientific advisory company that provides biotech and small- to mid-sized pharma companies an accelerated path to market since 1997. With a global footprint spanning 30+ offices across the Asia-Pacific region, North America, and Europe, and partnerships with 5,000+ trial sites, Novotech offers unparalleled access to key clinical trial destinations and diverse patient populations. Novotech leverages its thera
Featured on the Sunday Times Best Place to Work 2024, Bridges’ team share the understanding that we measure our performance by client satisfaction. The key to our success lies in great leadership, great teamwork and the dedication of each and every member of our staff. This is best demonstrated by our successive RoSPA Gold Medal Awards for Health, Safety & Wellbeing and our Somerset Business Awards. From our beginnings as a family company in the early 70’s, we have continued to both set and cha
Sandvik is a global, high-tech engineering group providing solutions that enhance productivity, profitability and sustainability for the manufacturing, mining and infrastructure industries. We are at the forefront of digitalization and focus on optimizing our customers’ processes. Our world-leading offering includes equipment, tools, services and digital solutions for machining, mining, rock excavation and rock processing. In 2024, the Sandvik Group had approximately 41,000 employees, sales in m
Langan's client-focused, highly entrepreneurial culture cultivates an environment of opportunities in which career growth and teamwork flourish. Whether you are a seasoned professional or recent college graduate, Langan will provide you with unparalleled opportunities and a solid foundation for career growth. Our reputation for providing innovative solutions that yield measurable value for our clients continually forges new enduring relationships for the firm and distinguishes Langan from the c
Element Six is a global leader in the design, development and production of synthetic diamond advanced materials. Part of the De Beers Group, Element Six is an independently managed global company with primary manufacturing facilities in Ireland, Germany, South Africa, US and the UK. Element Six synthetic diamond supermaterials are used in industrial applications such as cutting, grinding, drilling, shearing and polishing, while the extreme properties of synthetic diamond beyond hardness are op
IQE is the leading global supplier of advanced semiconductor wafers with products covering a diverse range of applications, supported by an innovative outsourced foundry services portfolio allowing the Group to provide a 'one stop shop' for the wafer needs of the world's leading semiconductor manufacturers. IQE uses advanced crystal growth technology (epitaxy) to manufacture and supply bespoke semiconductor wafers ('epi-wafers') to major chip manufacturing companies, who use our wafers to make
Frequently asked questions
What is the Register of Licensed Sponsors? The register is the Home Office's official list of UK employers approved to sponsor overseas workers on Skilled Worker, Health and Care Worker, and other sponsored visa routes. Each row shows the organisation, its town, the visa routes its licence covers, and its rating (A or B).
Yes. The Home Office publishes it on gov.uk as a downloadable spreadsheet, and we sync from it daily so you can actually search it: filter by industry, visa route, location, or recent hiring activity.